skyhook deployment

After trying to clear tention knots on my jvx86 I cutaway and had a reserve within 1.2 seconds.

i lost 2000 ft in the time it took to chop!

Thanks Bill Booth you are a legend, I managed to stand up my micro raven 109 too. a good spot helped also!

:)

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[snowyywwinters]

how do you cut the chute away? with a knife or a handle?

[rhyskempen]

You use a handle, It is not so uncommon, maybe 1 in 1000-2000 jumps on average.

[rhyskempen]

there is a tention knot in the right hand side brake and "a' and 'b' line cascade.

[rhyskempen]

I did mean to say C and D line,

I'm such a kook! :)

[coopmuch56]

whats a skyhook?

[keeponwishin]

@MarkyMarkSaffa They happen when two or more parachute lines get entangled with each other. This can pull the fabric of the parachute into positions surely not suitable for a safe landing, like in this case. It's possible to clear them without cutting away, but at a cost of altitude you usually don't have.

[MarkyMarkSaffa]

What and how do tension knots happen?

[neomuttley]

That was awfully fast. What really surprised me was how hard that spiral was from a few tension knots. I'm guessing that was because your main is so small?

[viper19861986]

@KingofDeath Nobody seemed to mention an RSL?

If you have an RSL on and ready to go, when you cut away your reserve opens up.

I am no expert but I think a skyhook, just like any other rig has the ability to have an RSL on it, and RSLs save WAYYYY more lives than they kill. Doing certain types of jumps it is better to not use them.

[Race515facE]

lodi's DZ is easy to spot! is keith the camera man?

[ryandsucks]

That's impressive!!! Making me wish I hadn't sold my skyhook equipped Vector3 to buy a brand new Mirage...

[KingofDeath]

Thanks for explaining that Gallmau.

[gallmau]

@KingofDeath

Right procedure is to pull always reserve handle after the cutaway handle , but this innovation is so fast that whenever you pull the handle probably the reserve is already open!!

Anyway in case of a total malfunction (nothing out) there isn't a malfuncioned cutted away main parachute which open your reserve ...so you have to do it before an automatic opener device (Cypress AAD Vigil AAD or others) do it for you at about 750 ft.from impact.

Sorry for my english.

Blue Skies

[nealskydive]

You should still pull your reserve handle no matter what- its only a back up device- they can fail!! remember your EPs :)